Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: December 18, 2024, 11:35 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
How to beat a presupp at their own game
#96
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game
(March 27, 2021 at 2:26 am)vulcanlogician Wrote:
(March 26, 2021 at 12:47 pm)Superjock Wrote: To fellow atheists, somewhat different question - but a question I often see from theists. The question goes : where do atheists get their basis to justify any claim they make?

There is a whole field of philosophy devoted to this. It's called "epistemology." It is a matter of rigorous debate upon what basis we have knowledge.

A pretty solid theory is correspondence theory. It says that knowledge is a "justified true belief." 

Just to be precise, the correspondence theory is a theory of truth, not knowledge. According to correspondence theory, what makes something true is that it corresponds to a state of affairs in reality. There are other theories of truth. The justified true belief bit I believe started with Plato, and it's long been known to be inadequate, but it get's the lion's share of what needs to be in a definition of knowledge right. For a bit about the inadequacy, look into the Gettier problem.
[Image: extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg]
Reply



Messages In This Thread
How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Superjock - March 17, 2021 at 4:10 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Belacqua - March 17, 2021 at 4:17 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Belacqua - March 17, 2021 at 5:34 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - March 17, 2021 at 12:26 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Belacqua - March 17, 2021 at 7:39 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - March 17, 2021 at 12:39 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Nay_Sayer - March 17, 2021 at 10:19 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by R00tKiT - March 17, 2021 at 6:35 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by brewer - March 17, 2021 at 6:55 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by R00tKiT - March 18, 2021 at 3:29 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - March 18, 2021 at 10:43 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Superjock - March 18, 2021 at 10:03 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Silver - March 18, 2021 at 10:25 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Superjock - March 18, 2021 at 12:21 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - March 18, 2021 at 3:51 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by R00tKiT - March 18, 2021 at 4:09 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - March 19, 2021 at 10:56 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by R00tKiT - March 18, 2021 at 4:45 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by R00tKiT - March 19, 2021 at 2:53 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - March 19, 2021 at 8:06 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Silver - March 18, 2021 at 10:30 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by R00tKiT - March 19, 2021 at 4:04 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Belacqua - March 19, 2021 at 8:31 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by R00tKiT - March 19, 2021 at 9:29 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - March 20, 2021 at 8:48 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by R00tKiT - March 20, 2021 at 9:23 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - March 20, 2021 at 9:39 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - March 19, 2021 at 9:48 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Rahn127 - March 20, 2021 at 6:14 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Silver - March 20, 2021 at 9:40 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Superjock - March 26, 2021 at 12:47 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - March 27, 2021 at 11:35 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - March 29, 2021 at 1:59 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Belacqua - March 29, 2021 at 2:30 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Silver - March 27, 2021 at 8:33 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Rahn127 - March 27, 2021 at 11:26 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - March 27, 2021 at 7:12 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Belacqua - March 27, 2021 at 7:58 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Silver - March 27, 2021 at 8:56 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Silver - April 1, 2021 at 9:21 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Silver - April 1, 2021 at 9:26 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Silver - April 1, 2021 at 9:47 am
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Superjock - April 16, 2021 at 12:18 pm
RE: How to beat a presupp at their own game - by Angrboda - April 16, 2021 at 2:58 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  I own an XBOX and that's good enough for me. Angrboda 5 678 July 9, 2023 at 8:21 pm
Last Post: Fireball
  We atheists now have our own social network rado84 16 2496 August 12, 2021 at 7:51 am
Last Post: vulcanlogician
  "You just want to be your own god"? zwanzig 48 6108 July 7, 2021 at 5:01 pm
Last Post: vulcanlogician
  why do people still have faith in god even after seeing their land turned into dust? zempo 8 1761 June 20, 2021 at 8:16 am
Last Post: onlinebiker
  James Randi deserves his own RIP thread. Brian37 27 2989 January 6, 2021 at 11:39 am
Last Post: RozzerusUnrelentus
  Miracles and their place, and Atheists. Mystic 35 5416 October 4, 2018 at 3:53 am
Last Post: robvalue
  Famous people losing their religion: stories Fake Messiah 14 3266 May 21, 2018 at 10:13 am
Last Post: Clueless Morgan
  Make up your own atheistic quote Transcended Dimensions 56 11487 October 30, 2017 at 9:04 am
Last Post: brewer
  Encounter with a Presupp amygdala 20 3582 November 10, 2016 at 8:10 pm
Last Post: MJ the Skeptical
  Why people afraid to ask questions about their beliefs? Torin 21 5158 August 13, 2016 at 1:08 am
Last Post: robvalue



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)